Resources

Information for Chairs

This page links to reference materials to make your job as Chair, or Head a bit easier.

• Biology Programs Across Canada - A Report of the CCUBC Curriculum Taskforce - Presented to the 2022-2023 Membership of the CCUBC - Prepared by: Aarthi Ashok (University of Toronto, Scarborough), Jennifer Peter (Western University) & Elizabeth Welsh (Dalhousie University)- January 2023
  
  
• How does the staffing of my department compare - 2016
  
  
• The Roles and Responsibilities of Middle Management - Revised: May 2011
  (Chairs and Deans) in Canadian Universities by Lydia M. Boyko and Glen A. Jones
  
  
• Directory of Practical Resources for Department Chairs - Revised April 2010
  
  
• An Examination of Academic Department Chairs in Canadian Universities - December 2009
  Doctoral Thesis Research, Summary and Highlights
  Lydia Boyko, Ph.D.
  
  
• This Guidebook For New Principal Investigators by Roderick McInnes, Brenda Andrews and Richard Rachubinski provides very useful information on grant writing for new (and used) faculty members.
  
  
• The Toronto Dominion Bank Report on Post Secondary Education in Canada from March 15, 2004 contains much information on the value of PSE in Canada. Well worth a read.
  
  
• An article on Management vs. Leadership. Contains some interesting tidbits, and advice.
  
  
• A short article on Dealing with Challenging Faculty members which can be quite useful.
  
  
• Another article on Building Leadership.
  
  
• A short piece on Managing Change in the university environment.